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A rap and reality television star who launched a social media rant against the NYPD after the department sent out an advisory looking for him for allegedly roughing up his ex-girlfriend and stealing her cellphone says he won't taunt police on Twitter anymore and is willing to turn himself in. Marc Santia reports. (Published Wednesday, Aug 27, 2014)

Updated at 7:04 PM EST on Monday, Aug 25, 2014

A rap and reality television star who launched a social media rant against the NYPD after the department sent out an advisory looking for him for allegedly roughing up his ex-girlfriend and stealing her cellphone says he won't taunt police on Twitter anymore and is willing to turn himself in.

Joe Budden directed his ire at the NYPD via Twitter on Saturday after it sent out his picture and asked the public for help tracking him down.

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"It's been a frenzy. It's been a frenzy. I was surprised at all of it to be honest," Budden said, adding he felt like he was being treated like a fugitive. "The media circus, the witch hunt, the man hunt."

Budden said he regrets sending the taunting tweets and doesn't plan to send any more. He said he turned himself in to New Jersey authorities on a domestic violence charge and was released.

He said he's willing to do the same in New York, where he's wanted on a robbery charge for allegedly snatching his girlfriend's cellphone and twisting her arm during a dispute in his car in Manhattan last week.